Lemelson - MIT InvenTeam

I would just like to say that today we took one of the most epic pictures in my life. Through the entire picture, I was very confident that I would be the one to fall off. Thankfully, no one fell off as our team huddled together like penguins to keep us all on our Lynden Spirit Rock. I would also like to add that I think this is the most people that we have been able to fit on our spirit rock as of now. As terrifying as it was, I am so glad that we took it. I got to say, suprisingly we do look pretty calm in this picture.

Our student leader, Jordan has made the A-Arms out of carbon fiber. We have also made some parts out of fiberglass mold we fabricated. Monocoque rear fender assembly : conjoin the two halves of the fenders together. Carbon Fiber A-Arms Vacuum Infused with the foam core and the couplers on the ends so we can put in our Hyme Joints. We have tested these A-Arms and they hold over 500 lbs. The wheel hub mold was also remanufactured. We have joined the frame and the monocoque rear fender together so they will pivot for a different ride height.

Kalyz's mom is seriously the sweetest lady ever. She made us all a thank you bouquet of candy and chocolate. It looked so pretty and we are all thankful to get it. It was a lot of candy and sugar. Clearly, the boys had no problem with that. The bouquet was attacked and scarfed down rather quickly. Rest assure, the vase as well as the other decorations are still safe. Kalyz's mom also informed us that Kalyz raised $120 on her own by selling valentine candy roses. Wow. I'd just like to say thank you to both Kalyz and her mom! They did an awesome job!

If you would like to contact Mrs. Lara (Kalyz's mom) to purchase a single long stem candy rose for $1, you can contact her at 360-354-1271. All money raised will go towards the LyndenInvenTeam travel expenses.

We had a video conference call with Justin Lai from MIT today. Justin checked up on us to see how we were doing and we let him know everything that is going on. He provided us with awesome tips on a couple of different things. Justin also shared some personal things with us. One of the things that really stuck out to me was when he said, "When you try something for the first time, it will take 3 times as longer as you think." Other then that, it was really exciting to meet Justin. None of us from the team had actually talked to him one on one and this was a first. We also did a mini presentation with him. He was really easy to talk to and our team can't wait until he comes down to visit us next month!